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package org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object '<em><b>Join Node</b></em>'. <!-- end-user-doc -->
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.JoinNode#getType <em>Type</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.TransformationPackage#getJoinNode()
 * @model
 * @generated
 *
 * @since 8.0
 */
public interface JoinNode extends OperationNode {

    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Type</b></em>' attribute. The literals are from the enumeration
     * {@link org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.JoinType}. <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <p>
     * If the meaning of the '<em>Type</em>' attribute isn't clear, there really should be more of a description here...
     * </p>
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * 
     * @return the value of the '<em>Type</em>' attribute.
     * @see org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.JoinType
     * @see #setType(JoinType)
     * @see org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.TransformationPackage#getJoinNode_Type()
     * @model
     * @generated
     */
    JoinType getType();

    /**
     * Sets the value of the '{@link org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.JoinNode#getType <em>Type</em>}' attribute. <!--
     * begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * 
     * @param value the new value of the '<em>Type</em>' attribute.
     * @see org.teiid.designer.metamodels.transformation.JoinType
     * @see #getType()
     * @generated
     */
    void setType( JoinType value );

    /**
     * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * 
     * @model parameters=""
     * @generated
     */
    String getCriteria(); // NO_UCD

} // JoinNode